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TIL at the age of 76, French Diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps married a woman of twenty. He then proceeded, immediately, to father twelve children with her.

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 11:41 pm

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TIL that Hugo Ferdinand Boss, the original founder of Hugo Boss, manufactured NSDAP, SS & Wehrmacht clothing in the early 1930s until end of WW2

by whatilearned May 23, 2022, 9:43 am

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TIL that Ferdinand Marcos Sr. had a family with 4 children before marrying Imelda Marcos.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 8:54 am

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TIL Mariano Marcos (the father of former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos and grandfather of president-elect Bongbong Marcos), was executed by guerillas for alleged collaboration with the Japanese. His hands were tied to water buffaloes who riped his body apart alive in different directions.

by whatilearned May 13, 2022, 2:08 am

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TIL that King Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, ordered the execution of Anabaptists – who believed in a second adult baptism – by what he referred to as a ‘Third Baptism’: Drowning!

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 6:23 pm

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TIL about the United States of Greater Austria, a proposal by Archduke Franz Ferdinand to federalise Austria-Hungary to resolve nationalist and ethnic tensions in the empire

by whatilearned April 3, 2022, 4:18 pm

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TIL that the infamous Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos changed the borders of Kalinga-Apayao province to make its outline resemble the silhouette of his own head, facing towards his own native province of Ilocos Norte, until he was ousted in 1986 and the separation of the province in 1995.

by whatilearned March 8, 2022, 5:03 pm

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Today I learned that after Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot he said “Sophie, Sophie! Don’t die! Live for our children!”

by whatilearned February 20, 2022, 5:26 am

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TIL about “Le Palais idéal” by Ferdinand Cheval. For 33 years, this French postman in the commune of Hauterives picked up stones during his daily routine, carried them home, and used them to build a monument that had appeared to him in dreams.

by whatilearned January 26, 2022, 3:40 pm

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TIL of Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, a German diplomat who during WW2 warned Danish Jews of their impending deportation and organised their rescue to Sweden, resulting in 95% of Jewish Danes fleeing successfully.

by whatilearned November 5, 2021, 7:22 am

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TIL that when Willem Dafoe flew to the Philippines in 1986 to film ‘Platoon’, his plane got stuck and he eventually ended up joining the EDSA People Power Revolution, a nonviolent revolution that officially ousted Ferdinand Marcos, its former dictator.

by whatilearned November 2, 2021, 3:29 pm

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TIL when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in 1914, initial attempts to tend his wounds were impeded by the uniform he had been sewn into for a perfect fit (and to improve his appearance). By the time aides found scissors and managed to cut through his clothes, the Archduke died and thus began WWI.

by whatilearned October 24, 2021, 3:22 pm

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